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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5130 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5130

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
  enhance the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2024

Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Cornyn) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
  enhance the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Opioid Overdose Data Collection 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to expand the adoption and 
implementation of, and provide interoperability of, data collection 
tools used to track fatal and nonfatal overdoses and opioid overdose 
reversal medication administration in near real-time through a web-
based, mobile-friendly software platform.

SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE OPIOID ABUSE GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 3021 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10701) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``; and'' at 
                the end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(I) an overdose data collection program described 
                in subsection (g)(1).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Overdose Data Collection Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--An overdose data collection program 
        described in this paragraph is a program under which a State, 
        unit of local government, coalition of law enforcement 
        agencies, or Indian tribe develops and implements a data 
        collection tool, including mobile data mapping applications, 
        with which the State, unit of local government, coalition of 
        law enforcement agencies, or Indian tribe can easily and 
        quickly track the locations of--
                    ``(A) suspected fatal and nonfatal overdoses; and
                    ``(B) the administration of opioid overdose 
                reversal medication by first responders, including law 
                enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency 
                medical service technicians.
            ``(2) Eligibility of coalitions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection 
                (a)(1), a coalition of law enforcement agencies shall 
                be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a) 
                only for the purpose of implementing an overdose data 
                collection program described in paragraph (1) of this 
                subsection.
                    ``(B) Requirements.--A coalition of law enforcement 
                agencies seeking a grant under subsection (a) to 
                implement an overdose data collection program described 
                in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be subject to 
                the same requirements and authorizations to which a 
                States, units of local government, and Indian tribes 
                are subject under this section, including the 
                requirement to submit an application under section 
                3022.
            ``(3) Requirements.--A State, unit of local government, 
        coalition of law enforcement agencies, or Indian tribe 
        implementing an overdose data collection program described in 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) support the development of coordinated public 
                safety, behavioral health, and public health responses 
                to the data collected by the tool described in 
                paragraph (1);
                    ``(B) focus on areas in which fatal and nonfatal 
                overdoses occur and trends of concern;
                    ``(C) provide for interoperability with existing 
                Federal, State, local, and Tribal overdose data 
                collection tools and overdose data collection tools of 
                coalitions of law enforcement agencies; and
                    ``(D) make data collected through the program 
                available to Federal, State, Tribal, and territorial 
                governments and coalitions of law enforcement agencies.
            ``(4) Audit; application.--A State, unit of local 
        government, coalition of law enforcement agencies, or Indian 
        tribe seeking to use a grant received under subsection (a) for 
        a program described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall--
                    ``(A) conduct an audit of available data and 
                resources; and
                    ``(B) in order to avoid duplication, submit the 
                audit conducted under subparagraph (A) as a part of the 
                application for the grant of the State, unit of local 
                government, coalition of law enforcement agencies, or 
                Indian tribe.
            ``(5) Consultation.--In carrying out this subsection, the 
        Attorney General shall consult with the heads of agencies that 
        maintain overdose data collection tools, including the Director 
        of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.''.
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